Sharon B.

Sharon B.

Product Owner

Ohio, United States of America
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About Me

Sharon is a skilled professional with expertise in business operations, business analysis, project management, and product ownership - combining different user/business needs with solutions and methodologies to implement solutions. She thrives on challenges and changing priorities - providing remediations in a fast-paced environment. She champions customer satisfaction, company bottom line and co-worker morale on projects - identifying opportunities and risks.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Product Owner
2021 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Prioritize client needs in terms of product features and align them with stakeholder feedback.

  • Oversee product development and communicate with the dev team to plan, review and refine requirements.

  • Act as a primary communicator and link between stakeholders.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Project Manager / Business Analyst
2018 - Present (6 years)
Ohio, United States of America
  • Work closely with MPC's scrum team throughout the development process to achieve project goals.

  • Review business needs, refine priorities, outline milestones and deliverables, and identify opportunities and risks on projects.

  • Conduct insightful analysis using internal and external data to derive insights that drive business decisions within MPC.

Xenex Disinfection Services
Xenex Disinfection Services
Product Owner
2012 - Present (12 years)
San Antonio, United States of America
  • Managed the SDLC for several customer-facing and internal software solutions - translating complex concepts into clear, actionable use cases and dependencies.

  • Created and maintained business requirements documentation and supported project teams through all iterations and solutions.

  • Supervised Xenex's contract, offshore, and in-house dev team - acting as a liaison between the business and the team on projects.

Rackspace
Rackspace
Director of Engineering and Operations
2006 - 2011 (5 years)
United States of America
  • Oversaw the day-to-day operations and facilities of 150+ personnel at various locations - resolving staffing/operational issues, tracking budgets and managing vendor relationships.

  • Improved inventory/supply chain processes within facilities - identifying and creating controls to improve inventory shrink in each facility.

  • Reorganized management procedures within Rackspace - creating a more efficient organizational model which increased morale by 75% across departments.

Rackspace
Rackspace
Project Manager / Product Owner
2004 - 2011 (7 years)
United States of America
  • Handled Rackspace's turnkey data centre projects - establishing processes that delivered fully operational facilities 90 days after acquisition.

  • Built an informative playbook for consistent results across all Rackspace-owned data centres and provided detailed information for success.

  • Prepared and implemented project budgets and accounts payable - working out optimal ROI models for facilities across various locations.

Education

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
2021 - Present (3 years)
BSc. Computer/Information Technology, Administration and Management
BSc. Computer/Information Technology, Administration and Management
Western Governors University
2021 - Present (3 years)
IT Information Library Foundations Certification (ITIL) - IT-Service Management
IT Information Library Foundations Certification (ITIL) - IT-Service Management
itSMF USA
2005 - Present (19 years)
Certificate in Mechanical Engineering / CAD
Certificate in Mechanical Engineering / CAD
Sentinel Vocational Center
1990 - 1992 (2 years)